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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
937 AM EST SUN FEB 2 2014

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE BASIN TODAY
AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT FORECAST TO REACH THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM MOBILE AL TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO BY MON
WHERE IT WILL STALL...THEN WILL DRIFT NW AND MOVE INLAND MON NIGHT.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL AGAIN DOMINATE THE ENTIRE BASIN EARLY
TUE. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS
LATE TUE REACHING FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF BY LATE WED
WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH THU.

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. AREAS OF DENSE
FOG WITH VSBYS LESS THAN 1 NM WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE UNTIL LATE.
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG ATLC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM E TO W ALONG 31N.
THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY MON AND TUE...THEN WILL REBUILD ON
WED. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH THE NW PORTION OF
THE AREA BY LATE WED...EXTENDING FROM NEAR 31N72W TO SOUTH FLORIDA
THU EVENING.

...DENSE FOG ADVISORY N OF 29N WITHIN 20 NM OF SHORE...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. AREAS OF DENSE
FOG WITH VSBYS LESS THAN 1 NM N OF 29N WITHIN 20 NM OF SHORE
EARLY.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.MON...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.